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Dr. Nuno Sousa
INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Engineering Faculty, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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PhD student in Tourism at the University of Vigo, Master in Management from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Department of Economics, Sociology and Management and, Graduated in Economics, from the same higher education institution. Science and Technology Manager at UTAD, Center for Transdisciplinary Studies for Development (CETRAD). Distinguished with 2 school merit awards. He was a research fellow in the scientific project "Dourotur" of the Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Recently, he received a scholarship in Science and Technology Management (BGCTM) at CETRAD. Effective member of the Order of Economists (professional card no. 15797). He is currently a doctoral fellow by INESC-TEC. He works mainly in the area of ​​Social Sciences. The most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are "Management" and "Tourism".

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Published: 26 May 2021 in Sustainability
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Who could have imagined that the COVID-19 crisis would affect the whole world? This means that all aspects of society, in general, have felt the consequences of the measures imposed to reduce contagion. Firms, businesses, and their management had to be and must continue to be resilient, and entrepreneurs creative to overcome the present and future impacts of the pandemic, which will be long-lasting. This study aims to map the existing literature on the topic and identify emerging ones. To provide a robust response to this objective, qualitative methodology was adopted through content analysis of the selected documents and the use of MAXQDA software to analyze qualitative data. In addition, a descriptive analysis of the selected documents is presented. The results obtained show there is still a shortage of studies, principally empirical ones, addressing this subject, to complete existing knowledge and thereby contribute to understanding the effects of the virus on businesses and their management. The main contribution of this article lies in a first systematization and coding of the literature, to identify emerging topics for study by academics, the foremost agents of knowledge.

ACS Style

Margarida Rodrigues; Mário Franco; Nuno Sousa; Rui Silva. Reviewing COVID-19 Literature on Business Management: What It Portends for Future Research? Sustainability 2021, 13, 5995 .

AMA Style

Margarida Rodrigues, Mário Franco, Nuno Sousa, Rui Silva. Reviewing COVID-19 Literature on Business Management: What It Portends for Future Research? Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5995.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Margarida Rodrigues; Mário Franco; Nuno Sousa; Rui Silva. 2021. "Reviewing COVID-19 Literature on Business Management: What It Portends for Future Research?" Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5995.

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Published: 24 May 2021 in Sustainability
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many firms to close, causing an unprecedented interruption in trade in most sectors of economic activity worldwide. Although global supply chains have been affected by the general lockdown, due to their particular characteristics, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been hit most severely by the measures implemented to prevent the spread of the virus. This study aims to determine how these firms coped with the disruption caused by the closure, in terms of population and their daily lives to carry out their economic activities. For this purpose, a qualitative methodology (descriptive and inductive) was used through the use of snowball sampling with a questionnaire in Portugal during the lockdown. The results obtained show that SMEs face a series of difficulties from interrupting their operations, which has caused serious liquidity problems, with effects on their future continuity and maintaining jobs. Additionally, it showed the importance of government measures to support these firms today and in the future, although the number of firms adhering to them is considerably affected by the eligibility criteria and the speed of institutions’ response. The main contribution of this research lies in confirming that the weaknesses in SMEs are the principal obstacle to a resilient response to this crisis, such as their limited liquidity, human resources, digitalization, and use of information technology. These weaknesses and/or threats had already been indicated in the various theoretical currents stemming from Organizational Theory, so the originality of this contribution lies in the fact that the managers of these SMEs are endowed with other skills and characteristics, such as, for example, dynamic capacities to manage business in an unparalleled crisis and to continue their operations, even when faced with a global blockage. Implications for theory and practice, limitations, and suggestions for future research are also presented.

ACS Style

Margarida Rodrigues; Mário Franco; Nuno Sousa; Rui Silva. COVID 19 and the Business Management Crisis: An Empirical Study in SMEs. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5912 .

AMA Style

Margarida Rodrigues, Mário Franco, Nuno Sousa, Rui Silva. COVID 19 and the Business Management Crisis: An Empirical Study in SMEs. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5912.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Margarida Rodrigues; Mário Franco; Nuno Sousa; Rui Silva. 2021. "COVID 19 and the Business Management Crisis: An Empirical Study in SMEs." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5912.

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Published: 03 February 2021 in Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
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The family business is one of the world economy’s leading drivers, playing a significant role in countries’ economic and social development. Portugal is a country very dependent on this type of companies, which makes this study important, not only for discussing the problem in this scientific field but also for understanding family business characteristics in a country so dependent on this type of business. In this sense, this research work’s general objective is to understand the reality of the management of family businesses in the footwear industry, through the vision of the CEO’s of five companies in the North of Portugal. The present study is qualitative, as interviews were carried out with five CEOs of family businesses. The authors collected the participants’ reports between June and July 2019, in a single moment, through a face-to-face interview held at their respective workplaces, after prior scheduling. The interviews were recorded using an audio recorder and later transcribed and imported for analysis. The results obtained demonstrated that these organizations contribute enormously to the country’s economic and social development. This study also contributes to improving the understanding of the subject under analysis, through interviews with CEOs in the footwear industry in the Northern region of Portugal, exposing in more depth this representative and emerging sector, in a country mostly characterized by family businesses. It also aims to contribute to understanding the main determinants and characteristics of family businesses in the literature, like family businesses and performance, namely, ownership, professionalization, company–family relationship, succession, management and performance practices. With this study’s results, it is also expected that they may be susceptible to discussion and comparison with family businesses from other countries and from different business areas.

ACS Style

Rui Silva; André Coelho; Nuno Sousa; Patrícia Quesado. Family Business Management: A Case Study in the Portuguese Footwear Industry. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2021, 7, 55 .

AMA Style

Rui Silva, André Coelho, Nuno Sousa, Patrícia Quesado. Family Business Management: A Case Study in the Portuguese Footwear Industry. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2021; 7 (1):55.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Rui Silva; André Coelho; Nuno Sousa; Patrícia Quesado. 2021. "Family Business Management: A Case Study in the Portuguese Footwear Industry." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 7, no. 1: 55.